Since 1965
27 Seasons on the Bay of Islands — The Rock's Story
Built as the Normville
Culham Engineering, Whangarei. A 76-foot double-ended steel car ferry for the Fuller family. Christened by Mrs A.N. Fuller with a bottle of champagne on the bow.
The Opua–Okiato run
Nearly 20 years of cars, livestock, and a 6-bullock team to Urupukapuka for the filming of Savage Island.
Renamed Rawhiti
Sold to the Hokianga County Council. Blessed, renamed, working the harbour for over a decade.
Peter & Stacee Honey see something else
They sailed her back to the Bay of Islands with a caravan strapped to the deck. Three years of conversion. She became the only overnight cruise in the Bay.
Jonny & Sarah Greener take her on
Still friends with Peter and Stacee. Still running the same idea.
27 seasons in
Appreciating what we still have — the people, the connections, and the Bay itself. This year we're building new ways to share it further afield, including long-form stories on our YouTube channel.
"She cruised through the big breakers that hit us going out through the Hokianga - then just kept smoothly continuing on around the cape and back to the Bay."- Peter Honey, who built the Rock